The n_TOF Total Absorption Calorimeter for Neutron Capture Measurements at CERN

The n_TOF Collaboration has built and commissioned a high-performance detector for (n,gamma) measurements called the Total Absorption Calorimeter (TAC). The TAC was especially designed for measuring neutron capture cross-sections of low-mass and/or radioactive samples with the accuracy required for nuclear technology and stellar nucleosynthesis. We present a detailed description of the TAC and discuss its overall performance in terms of energy and time resolution, background discrimination, detection efficiency and neutron sensitivity.

GUERRERO C.;  ABBONDANNO U.;  AERTS G.;  ALVAREZ H.;  ALVAREZ-VELARDE F.;  ANDRIAMONJE S.;  ANDRZEJEWSKI J.;  ASSIMAKOPOULOS P.;  AUDOUIN L.;  BADUREK G.;  BAUMANN P.;  BECVAR F.;  BERTHOUMIEUX E.;  CALVINO F.;  CALVIANI M.;  CANO-OTT D.;  CAPOTE R.;  CARRAPICO C.;  CENNINI P.;  CHEPEL V.;  CHIAVERI E.;  COLONNA N.;  CORTES G.;  COUTURE A.;  COX J.;  DAHLFORS M.;  DAVID S.;  DILLMANN I.;  DOMINGO-PARDO C.;  DRIDI W.;  DURAN I.;  ELEFTHERIADIS C.;  FERRANT L.;  FERRARI A.;  FERREIRA-MARQUES R.;  FUJII K.;  FURMAN W.;  GONCALVES I.;  GONZALEZ-ROMERO E.;  GRAMEGNA F.;  GUNSING F.;  HAAS B.;  HAIGHT R.;  HEIL M.;  HERRERA-MARTINEZ A.;  IGASHIRA M.;  JERICHA E.;  KAEPPELER F.;  KADI Y.;  KARADIMOS D.;  KERVENO M.;  KOEHLER P.;  KOSSIONIDES E.;  KRTICKA M.;  LAMPOUDIS C.;  LEEB H.;  LINDOTE A.;  LOPES I.;  LOZANO M.;  LUKIC S.;  MARGANIEC J.;  MARRONE S.;  MARTINEZ T.;  MASSIMI C.;  MASTINU P.;  MENDOZA E.;  MENGONI A.;  MILAZZO P. M.;  MOREAU C.;  MOSCONI M.;  NEVES F.;  OBERHUMMER H.;  O'BRIEN S.;  PANCIN J.;  PAPACHRISTODOULOU C.;  PAPADOPOULOS C.;  PARADELA C.;  PATRONIS N.;  PAVLIK A.;  PAVLOPOULOS P.;  PERROT L.;  PIGNI M. T.;  PLAG R.;  PLOMPEN Arjan;  PLUKIS A.;  POCH A.;  PRAENA J.;  PRETEL C.;  QUESADA J.;  RAUSCHER T.;  REIFARTH R.;  RUBBIA C.;  RUDOLF G.;  RULLHUSEN Peter;  SALGADO J.;  SANTOS C.;  SARCHIAPONE L.;  SAVVIDIS I.;  STEPHAN C.;  TAGLIENTE G.;  TAIN J. L.;  TASSAN-GOT L.;  TAVORA L.;  TERLIZZI R.;  VANNINI G.;  VAZ P.;  VENTURA A.;  VILLAMARIN D.;  VICENTE M. C.;  VLACHOUDIS V.;  VLASTOU R.;  VOSS F.;  WALTER S.;  WIESCHER M.;  WISSHAK K.; 

2009-10-05

ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV

JRC54480

0168-9002,   

www.elsevier.com/locate/nima,    https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC54480,   

10.1016/j.nima.2009.07.025,